Family History 1560-1589

Events and Index

 

EVENTS 1560-1589

1561 - Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland
1564 - birth of William Shakespeare
1567 - Mary Queen of Scots forced to abdicate
1567 - James VI King of Scotland
1570 - Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope Pius V
1571 - Jesus College, Oxford founded
1571 - opening of the Royal Exchange in London
1585 - Oxford University Press founded
1585 - earliest known Bishop's Transcript for Little Coxwell
1587 - Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
1588 - Spanish Armada sighted off the Lizard, Cornwall
 
 
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